Education of

JOSE RIZAL
 FAMILY EDUCATION & STUDIES IN CALAMBA

• Pepe’s 1st teacher was his mother Doña

Teodora who was patient, conscientious
and understanding.
When we started experiencing comfort, care and loved from our
parents, we develop a love of learnings that encouraged us to do
something without fear but to try our best.

Pepe learned the Alphabet and prayers at the

age of three. Doña Teodora related many
stories to popped into Pepe’s mind the Alphabet
and also to stimulate Pepe’s imaginations.
Today, most of the parents with kids are also same as Doña Teodora
as she taught Pepe about Alphabet and other things. The only
difference is how they taught it, how today’s parents taught it: some
are used to directly teach the Alphabet without relating many stories
just like what Doña Teodora did to Pepe.

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 Also Doña Teodora discovered that Pepe had
a talent for poetry and encouraged him to
write poems. At the age of 8, Rizal wrote a
tagalog poem, “Ang aking mga kabata”
which all about on the love of one’s language
Since our parents are the one who we usually with, they
are the one who see our skills & potentials about
something and also they are our number one fan.

Pepe’s parents employed private tutors to give him lessons at

home.
• Maestro Celestino – First tutor
• Maestro Lucas Padua – Second tutor. taught about Arithmetic
• Leon Monroy – Third tutor; a former classmate of Rizal’s father.
An old teacher lived in Rizal’s home & instructed Pepe in Spanish
and Latin. Monroy, died and Rizal’s parents decided to send him
to a private school in Binan
Only few family can hire a private tutors up to these days unless you’re in the middle or
upper class family. And having a culture of hiring private tutor to teach kids are still timely
until today.
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 JOSE RIZAL STUDIES IN BINAN
Rizal’s parents sent him to Biñan to continue studying Spanish
and Latin. We can say that he had a productive and memorable
life in Binan. At a young age, he already showed great qualities
that we need to posses as a student and as a person as well. No
wonder, he became a remarkable person in history.

 At the age of 9, he  Rizal learnt to value time

showed how brave he was, as life’s most precious gift,
going to a place far from for his mother taught him
his family for the first never to waste a single
• time
His parents decided to send him second of it.
to a private school in Biñan
• Productive routine,
• June 1869 – Paciano
systematic and
accompanied Rizal to their aunt’s
disciplined life
house in Biñan and enrolled him
to the school of Maestro
Justiniano Aquino Cruz

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  Rizal never ran away from  Rizal showed intelligence and
a fight surpassed all his classmates in
Biñan
• First school brawl with Pedro, his
teacher’s son, on his first day in • Education was composed of 4Rs -
school reading, writing, arithmetic, and
• Had other fights with the boys of religion.
Biñan • Best student in their school
• He was not quarrelsome by • Beat all his classmates in Spanish,
nature, but he was also not a Latin, and other subjects.
person who would back down • Some of his older classmates were
easily jealous of his intellectual superiority.
 Rizal at a young age was  
• Took painting lessons in his leisure
already exposed to the
time
social injustices and poor • Taught by a master painter Juancho,
justice system in the his school teacher's father-in-law
Philippines.
• February 1872 - the agitation for secularization precipitated the
public execution of GomBurZa
• 1872 - Doña Teodora imprisonment for two-and-a-half years on
trumped up charges of poisoning her brother’s wife and she was also
forced to walk from Calamba to Sta. Cruz
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 REFLECTIONS:

“I believe that investing in our children’s education and

development from the earliest age is the single most important
contribution we can make.”- Jay Weatherill.

Like what Dona Teodora did to his son, Jose Rizal that she
encouraged and taught him the basic knowledge at his early
age. Like reading, writing and praying which it helped Rizal
about the language skills that served to him as an educational
foundation. Dona Teodora is also used to tell Rizal different
stories and hired a private tutors that are still very timely up to
these days.
Parents are also the one who see our skills & potentials
about something and pushing us to continue that good things.
Like Dona Teodora discovered the talent of Rizal in poetry at
the young age and encouraged him to write many poems.

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 It shows that, family of Rizal especially his mother, investing a
lot in education because they believe the importance of this in
the future. Besides, Rizal developed a good moral by giving
value in time and spending it in the most precious way because
he grew up and nurtured by a closely-knit Catholic family. He
also polite and respectful to other people and trying not to fight
back when in trouble. Through this, it manifest that early
education especially when you start at home it can play a
critical role during important developmental period. Early
education can be our foundation for our own future
development, providing a strong base for lifelong learning and
learning abilities, including cognitive and social development
like Rizal.

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 Rizal’s Education in
Ateneo and UST

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 Ateneo de Manila University
• June 1872

• Ateneo preserve religious

instruction, advanced education,
rigid discipline, physical culture,
and cultivation of the arts, like
music, drawing, and painting

• In Ateneo, Rizal cultivated his talent in poetry, applied himself

regularly to gymnastics, and devoted time to painting and
sculpture.
 Don Augustin Saez – a professor who guided him in
drawing and painting
 Romualdo de Jesus – a Filipino, who instructed him in
sculpture
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 • To encourage healthy competitions, classes in
Ateneo were divided into two groups which
constantly competed against each other.
 Roman Empire – interns (boarders)
 Carthaginian Empire – externs (non-
boarders)

• Dignitaries – ranking within the empires

1. Emperor (Highest position)
2. Tribune
3. Decurion
4. Centurion
5. Standard-Bearer

• Rizal, a newcomer, placed at the tail of the class,

continually promoted and became an Emperor
after a month.
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 • After the term ended, all of his subjects and examinations
were marked ‘excellent.’
• During second year, Jose transferred residence to No. 6 Calle
Magallanes and at the end of that academic term he acquired
a medal.
• In his third year, he won prizes in the quarterly examinations.
The following year, his parents placed him as intern (boarding
student) in the school and stayed there until his graduation.
• As the school year ended, he earned five medals and thought
that as a way to repay his father’s sacrifices.

• On March 23, 1877, he

obtained the Bachelor of Arts
degree, also graduating as
‘sobresaliente’ or outstanding
along with the other nine
students in his class

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 University of Santo Thomas

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 University of Santo Thomas
• Philosophy in
Letters
• Land surveyor and
assessor’s degree
(expert surveyor)
• In 1877, he finished
his surveyor’s
training
• In May 1878, he
passed the licensing
exam
• After a year, Jose
changed his course
to Ophthalmology
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 The Literary Works of Jose
Rizal as a Student in the
Philippines

Dona Teodora, his mother

was the first one who
discovered the poetic genius
of her son, Jose Rizal. She
found out her son has a
talent for poetry and she also
encouraged him to write
poems. But the one who
inspired Rizal to use his God-
given gift in poetry was Father
Sanchez. .

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 Poems Written in Ateneo De Manila (1874 – 1877)
• Mi Primera Inspiracion (My First Inspiration) 1874 – it
is the first poem Jose Rizal wrote during his school days
in Ateneo which was dedicated to his mother on her
birthday. He wrote this poem before he was 14 years old.
He was a delight to saw his mother who was released from
prison. In this poetic verse, Rizal shows his love and
appreciation to his mother. Somehow this is Rizal paying
tribute to all his mother's effort for him.
• In 1875, Jose Rizal inspired to write more poems because
of Father Sanchez such as:

1. El Nino Jesus (To the Child Jesus) – Rizal wrote this at the
age of 14, he was early interested in social inequity and
Christianity. A brief religious ide which he expressed his respect
to Catholicism. At a young age, Rizal was taught about the basic
truth about Christianity. Rizal already felt deeply for his country
and have a handful of dreams for his motherland. He believed in
non-violence actions and found a firm ally in the person of Christ.
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 In 1876, Rizal wrote more poems on various topics about
religion, education, childhood memories, and memories of war
such
1. Unas:
Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo (In Memories of My Town) – Rizal wrote
this at the age of 15, a soft and tender poem in honor of his beloved
hometown Calamba in Laguna. His first childhood memory was his
happy days in their family garden when he was three years old. The
content of the poem is to express Rizal's love and appreciation for
the place where he grew up and prays for his town to remains as full
of hope and happiness as he remembers it.

2. Por la Education Recibe Lustre la Patria (Through Education the

Country Receives Light) – Rizal shows that education plays an
important role in the progress and welfare of our nation Philippines. In
the poem, Rizal encourages Filipinos to acquire education for them to
be able to fulfill their dreams and for the improvement of the
motherland.
In 1877, It was Rizal last year in Ateneo De Manila and he continued
to write more poems such as:
Un Dialogo Aluviso a la Desdicha de Los Colegiales (A Farewell
Dialogue of the Students) – this was the last poem written by Jose
Rizal in Ateneo de Manila 1877, it is a farewell poem to his classmates
in Ateneo
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 Poem written in University of Santo Tomas
(1877 – 1882)

A La Juventud (To the Filipino Youth) – At the age of 18,

Jose Rizal submitted an inspiring poem at the literary
contest for the best poems. Rizal was an idealistic person in
the Philippines starting in the poem that the only people
capable of changing the future were Filipino youth. The
poem motivates the Youth of Filipino to rise from indolence
and to free the Filipinos from ignorance and to seek dignity
and freedom. This poem won as classic Filipino literature for
two reasons:

1. Spanish literary authorities

recognize that it was a great poem
in Spanish written by a Filipino.
2. Rizal expressed for the first time
the nationalistic concept that the
Filipino and not foreigners were
the "fair hope of the Fatherland".

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 Jose Rizal received the first prize with a silver pen from the
Board of Spaniards Judges.

• A Filipinas – a sonnet written by Rizal for the

album of the Society of Sculptures. In this
sonnet, he urged all Filipinos artist to glorify the
Philippines. Also, the poem describes how a really
beautiful Philippines is. Rizal shows his love for
his own country.

• To the Philippines, February 1880 – a poem

wrote by Rizal to serve as a reminder for the
Filipinos to love and cherish their motherland

• Goodbye To Leonor 1882 – A sorrowful poem

Rizal created for his lady love, Leonor. Their
relationship lasted for over a decade but when
Leonor married someone, it brings a pang of great
sadness to Rizal.

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 SECRET DEPARTURE OF PEPE TO SPAIN
The only ones aware of his mission:
• Paciano • Antonio Rivera
• Jesuits Priest • Close friends
Secret Mission of "Jose Mercado"
" To observe keenly the life and culture, languages
and customs, industries and commerce, and
government and laws of the European nations in order
to prepare himself in the mighty task of liberating his
oppressed people from Spanish tyranny.”
• Rizal departed on board the Spanish steamer "Salvadora” bound for
Singapore.
• Php700.00 with diamond ring – given by Paciano to Rizal
• Php35.00 – allowance per month to send by Paciano and his uncle
Antonio
• He enrolled at Universidad Central de Madrid
-Medicine
-Philosophy and Letters
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 PEPE' S JOURNEYS IN EUROPE
Significant Personalities
• Maximo Sison Viola
He is known as the best
friend of Jose Rizal in
Europe. They work
together, they visited
museums, art gallery ,
restaurants and stayed in
hotels to work there in Don Miguel Morayta
Europe Owner of the
La Publicidad
Dr. Louis de Weckert
Leading French
Basilio Teodoro Moran
ophthalmologist where
Freemason in Acacia Lodge
Rizal worked as an
No. 9 of the "Gran Oriente de
assistant about f our
España“ and the publisher of
months
Diyaryong Tagalog
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 • Able to get a Degree of Licentiate in Medicine and Degree of
Philosophy and Letters

• Completed his eye specialization in Germany

• He could converse in more than 10 different tongues

(23 languages and dialects)

• Excelled at martial arts, fencing, sculpture,

painting, teaching, anthropology, journalism,
among other things.

• Member of the Berlin Ethnological society and the

Berlin Anthropological Society

• 25 year old Rizal completed his eye specialization

under the renowned Prof. Otto Becker in
Heidelberg

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 GROUP 2
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Castillo, Moises Rafael Rodriguez, Lara
De Borja, Alah Torio, Shyla
Dinglasan, Bea Alayne Villena, Maria Camila Joy
Fajardo, Richelle Ysorio, Aubrey